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KMID : 0043320140370070907
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Archives of Pharmacal Research
2014 Volume.37 No. 7 p.907 ~ p.915
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Rosmarinic acid inhibits chemical hypoxia-induced cytotoxicity in primary cultured rat hepatocytes
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Jeon Yu-Jin
Song Kyung-Sik
Han Ho-Jae
Park Soo-Hyun
Chang Woo-Chul
Lee Min-Young
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Abstract
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We examine the effect of rosmarinic acid (RA) in chemical hypoxia-induced injury in rat hepatocytes. Cell viability was significantly decreased by cobalt chloride (CoCl2), a well-known hypoxia mimetic agent in a time- and dose- dependent manner. RA pretreatment before exposure to CoCl2 significantly attenuated the CoCl2-induced decrease of cell viability. Additionally, pretreatment with RA potentiated the decrease of Bcl-2 expression and attenuated the increase of Caspase-3 expression by CoCl2. CoCl2 treatment resulted in an increase of intracellular ROS generation, which is inhibited by RA or N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC, a ROS scavenger), and p38MAPK phosphorylation, which is also blocked by RA or NAC. CoCl2-induced increase of Bax/Bcl-2 ratio and Caspase-3 expression was attenuated by RA, NAC and SB203580 (p38MAPK inhibitor). CoCl2-induced decrease of cell viability was also attenuated by RA, NAC and SB203580 pretreatment. Additionally, RA inhibited CoCl2-induced COX-2 expression and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) secretion. Similar to the effect of RA, both NAC and NS-398 (COX-2 inhibitor) blocked CoCl2-induced COX-2 expression and PGE2 secretion. NS-398 attenuated not only CoCl2-induced increase of Bax/Bcl-2 ratio and Caspase-3 expression, but decrease of cell viability. Taken together, RA protects primary cultured rat hepatocytes against CoCl2-induced cell injury through inhibition of ROS-activated p38MAPK and COX-2/PGE2 pathway.
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KEYWORD
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Rosmarinic acid, Cobalt chloride, Hypoxic cell injury, Rat hepatocytes
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